Serving Teen Parents

Serving Teen Parents

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  • Author: Ellin Klor
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN: 1598846949
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 225

A comprehensive guide to working with teen parents and their children that provides practical program ideas for successful school and public library program development, implementation, and evaluation. Teen parents and their children represent an underserved, high-need population in many communities. Libraries have the potential to significantly influence the quality of life for teen parent families by providing free access to information and resources, developing specific programs, and serving as a safe, public learning environment. Serving Teen Parents: From Literacy to Life Skills helps library staff support teen parents as their children's first teachers, positively affecting two generations at once. The authors explain how to successfully communicate with this group and build upon their competencies and strengths. They offer best practices, professional anecdotes, and step-by-step direction on connecting with teen parents, collaborating with community partners, locating funding options, and implementing successful programs. This invaluable guide is the most comprehensive resource currently available that directly addresses the needs of librarians serving the teen-parent demographic.


Science and Babies

Science and Babies

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  • Author: Institute of Medicine
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 0309041368
  • Category : Medical
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 183

By all indicators, the reproductive health of Americans has been deteriorating since 1980. Our nation is troubled by rates of teen pregnancies and newborn deaths that are worse than almost all others in the Western world. Science and Babies is a straightforward presentation of the major reproductive issues we face that suggests answers for the public. The book discusses how the clash of opinions on sex and family planning prevents us from making a national commitment to reproductive health; why people in the United States have fewer contraceptive choices than those in many other countries; what we need to do to improve social and medical services for teens and people living in poverty; how couples should "shop" for a fertility service and make consumer-wise decisions; and what we can expect in the futureâ€"featuring interesting accounts of potential scientific advances.


The Culture of Teenage Mothers

The Culture of Teenage Mothers

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  • Author: Joanna Gregson
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • ISBN: 1438428871
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 211

Explores teen mothers’ perceptions of their situations and the social stigma that affects them.


Risking the Future

Risking the Future

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  • Author: Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 0309036984
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 352

More than 1 million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves, become parents? This volume reviews in detail the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior and offers thoughtful insights on the issues of sexual initiation, contraception, pregnancy, abortion, adoption, and the well-being of adolescent families. It provides a systematic assessment of the impact of various programmatic approaches, both preventive and ameliorative, in light of the growing scientific understanding of the topic.


Re/Assembling the Pregnant and Parenting Teenager

Re/Assembling the Pregnant and Parenting Teenager

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  • Author: Annelies Kamp
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers
  • ISBN: 9781787071803
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 309

This book offers a re/assemblage of what is, can be and should be known about teenage pregnancy and parenting in the twenty-first century. It examines the narratives of young men and women in the USA, the UK, Aotearoa New Zealand and Ireland, all sites of elevated concern around what is often articulated as the 'problem' of teenage parenting.


Education, Training, and Service Programs that Serve Disadvantaged Teens

Education, Training, and Service Programs that Serve Disadvantaged Teens

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  • Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources
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  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 96

A hearing was held on education, training, and service programs that serve disadvantaged teens. Testimony was presented on recent research findings concerning these programs and on their implementation. The major lessons learned from the Summer Training and Employment (STEP) program were presented, including those of implementation and impact. A second topic was a discussion of the effectiveness of three programs serving teenage mothers on welfare: New Chance (for mothers who have dropped out of school); Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP), an Ohio program for teen parents; and Demonstrations of Innovative Approaches to Reduce Welfare Dependency among Teen Parents. A third topic was the discussion of the work provisions of the Family Support Act of 1988. The following witnesses addressed the hearing: (1) Milton J. Little, Manpower Demonstration Research Corp.; (2) Deanna Phelps, Maryland Department of Human Resources; (3) Alan M. Hershey, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; (4) Kevin W. Concannon, Oregon Department of Human Resources; and (5) Michael A. Bailin and Frances Vilella-Velez, Public/Private Ventures. Three submissions for the record are included. (SLD)


Resources in Education

Resources in Education

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  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 374


From Welfare to Work

From Welfare to Work

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  • Author: United States. General Accounting Office. Human Resources Division
  • Publisher: DIANE Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780788102578
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 68

A review of how states are serving teen parents in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program. Focuses on the extent to which states have enrolled young mothers (ages 16-19) receiving AFDC in JOBS and helped them to complete their education; the approaches states have used to serve teen parents in JOBS; and barriers to teen parents successfully completing their education while in JOBS. Charts and tables.


Welfare Reform

Welfare Reform

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  • Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy
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  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 200


Welfare to Work

Welfare to Work

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  • Author: DIANE Publishing Company
  • Publisher: DIANE Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780788117664
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 46

Addresses concerns about the growth in welfare caseloads and the growing consensus among the public, practitioners, and welfare recipients that the current Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program should be changed. Examines the progress JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skill Training program) has made in (1) serving an increasingly larger portion of the AFDC caseload, and (2) ensuring that program participants get work and leave AFDC. Charts and tables.